O Bulleh, just love your God and ignore the chidings
When they say you are an infidel, say “yes I am one”

And, then I visited Manzoor’s blog and found these translations. Manzoor writes “….Belief in humanity and love for fellow human beings is the sign of enlightenment and rationality, quoting again Bulleh Shah:

I am free, my mind is free,
I am neither a sick person nor a physician
Neither a believer nor an infidel
Nor a mullah or syed
In the fourteen spheres I walk in freedom
I can be imprisoned nowhere.

(translated by MA Akhyar?)

He complains, “in this country moral and intellectual dwarfs can be hailed as the saviors” and quotes from Shah again…

Crows swoop on hawks,
Sparrows do eagles stalk,
Strange are the times!

I am Free My mind is free is not my translation translation i came across this in Zamir Niazi book Press In Chains. This verse is probably translated by MA Akhyar for the book and second one is translated by C. Duggal. I am sorry that i failed to mention the sources and shall correct this error.

[yes, yes, you have read thousands of books
but you have never tried to read your own self
you rush in, into your Mandirs, into your Mosques
but you have never tried to enter your own heart
futile are all your battles with Satan
for you have never tried to fight your own desires]

Its very very nice website and had very very attractive material specially bhulle shah’s poetry in punjabbi language.indus velly civilsation is also very rich subject and you provided us most wnted informatios.Salt Range is also an important topic for young generation especially…really its wonderful area in computer i mean to say internet.pl alway provide us such type of great informations as i am a man to love history as i had Masters degree in Inian History.

People should read poetry of Bule Shah and follow it in terms of actions in their daily life.They must ponder upon each verse and word of his poetry and would get an inner healing effect to cure them from superficiality, greed and hatred.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF THESE FEW AND VERY MEANINGFUL WORDS IS THAT ITS ALL MATTER OF UNDERSTANDING YOUR INNERSELVES AND IF YOU CAN ACHIEVE THAT THEN RELIGION BECOMES IMMETERIAL AS
THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE RELIGION IS TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF YOURSELF.

I AM SURE SOMEBODY CAN TRANSLATE IT BETTER, THIS IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS BULLEH SHAHJI ALSO SAID,

” BULLHA SAB MAJAZI POHDIYAN TU HAAL HAQEEQAT DEKH
JO KOI OTHAY PONCHIA JAEY BHOOL SALAM ALAIK”
MEANING THAT WE ARE SEEING OR DOING IS TO FIND THE DESTINATION AND THOSE WHO FIND IT THEN THE ARE NOT BOTHERED ABOUT THE WORLD AS WHAT IT DOES OR WHAT PEOPLE SAY.THIS TAKES YOU A STEP ABOVE THE RELIGION AS YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR SEARCH AND HAVE FOUND YOUR INNER SELF.(WHICH ACCORDING TO ALL SUFIS IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS LIFE).

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